Additional personnel: Ann Sheldon (cello); Todd Rundgren (saxophone, keyboards); Don Adams, Gary Windo (horns); Ed Buller (keyboards); Frank Simms (background vocals).

Producers: Steve Lillywhite, Ian Taylor, Todd Rundgren, Keith Forsey, Chris Kimsey.

Compilation producers: Bruce Dickinson, Tim Butler.

Recorded between 1980 and 1991. Includes liner notes by Paul Lester.

Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder (2001 Sony Music Studios).

Personnel: Richard Butler (vocals); Marty Williamson, John Ashton, Knox Chandler, Roger Morris, Paul Garisto (guitar); Ann Sheldon (cello); Mars Williams (saxophone, horns); Todd Rundgren (saxophone, keyboards); Duncan Kilburn (saxophone); Gary Windo, Donn Adams (horns); Ed Buller, Joe McGinty (keyboards); Keith Forsey, Tommy Price, Vince Ely (drums, percussion); Steve Scales (percussion); Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Pete Hewlett (background vocals).

Audio Remixer: Howard Thompson.

Liner Note Author: Paul Lester.

Recording information: Pacific Ampitheatre, Costa Mese, CA (1980-1991).

Photographers: Chuck Pulin; Ebet Roberts; Eugene Adebari; Vinnie Zuffante; Simon Fowler.

This compilation gives a career overview for the Furs within a single-disc framework. It should, since the songs were hand-picked by bandleaders Richard and Tim Butler. Focusing on the "hits" aspect, the band's edgy, post-punk debut gets short shrift, represented only by the moody, Bowie-ish "Sister Europe." The more expansive but equally angular TALK TALK TALK gives three classic cuts (though "Mr. Jones" is presented here in the slightly different single version).

The Furs got poppier on the Todd Rundgren-produced FOREVER NOW, which is represented by three cuts. According to the scheme of this collection, the band's biggest pop success (MIRROR MOVES) receives the most attention, and its tunes (including "Heaven" and "Heartbeat") show the Furs' mixture of grit and polish at its most alluring. Those wishing to dig deeper should seek out the two-disc SHOULD GOD FORGET, but first-timers will find that this collection works quite nicely.